Cilantro Verde Sauce

This Cilantro Verde Sauce is our go to sauce for everything Mexican! We eat it over burritos, or on tacos, dip chips in it, or use it as a salad dressing.

This Cilantro Verde Sauce is the coveted sauce in our house, it always goes so fast! We originally got this recipe from our good friend the Food Nanny while presenting with her at the Really Big Cooking show. She said this sauce was amazing, and after trying it out for ourselves, we have to agree. Elise tried it out first (she makes it all the time now) and then got me hooked! We have put it on everything! You can warm it up and smother it over burritos, or cold as a sauce over tacos, dip chips in it, or use it as a salad dressing. We have done them all and no matter how you use it, it makes food delicious! We lightened up our version from the original but if you want to make it the authentic way- use Mayo instead of Greek Yogurt.

First off, I sort of made this recipe and it was fantastic. Here’s why I say sort of.. I didn’t measure anything and made subs based on what I had.

Herdez Salsa Verde comes in 7 ounce cans. Close enough.
Buttermilk Ranch was in 1 ounce packet. Eyeballed it.
Cilantro? I just threw a bunch in.
Greek Yogurt? Nope. I replaced it with more sour cream since it’s what I had at home.
Minced garlic? Nope also. Powdered will have to do. It’s all I have.
Fresh lime juice? Nope also. From a bottle. Didn’t measure.
Dash of tabasco? Nope. Didn’t have any. I did have some jalapeno powder for heat.

Whatever, it was awesome. I will throw it on everything. I’m not going to measure this recipe from now on either.

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